1.draw a comparison between 打比方；作比较

Although we cannot simply draw a comparison between these two figures, this does speak to the huge potential of growth of bilateral trade.

尽管这两个数据不能直接拿来对比，但也说明，双边贸易还是有非常可观的增长空间的Fb@;*UmK|ho6。

2.back then 当时

Back then, women on TV were mostly seen as eye candy.

那时候，电视里的女性大多都被看作花瓶的QY19vUU~ykGtYws_。

3.be stricken with 患……病

Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia while the farmer's son was already a successful shop owner.

又过了许多年，贵族的儿子感染了肺炎，农民的儿子却成了一名成功的店主Lyqtve5RZ1)5。

4.made it one's businesss to do sth. 把……当作自己的职责

He had made it his business to surround himself with a hand-picked group of bright young officers.

他把亲自挑一群年轻聪明的军官安排在自己身边当成了他的一项任务CU%D@geD|N。